Sewjan I. Weinshtein

Nomads South Siberia

The Pastoral Economies of Tuva

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sevyan Vainshtein describes the economy of the nomadic pastoralists of Tuva, a region on the borders of Mongolia and the USSR.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780521107105
• ISBN-10: 0521107105
• Artikelnr.: 25933560

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: an introduction to the peoples and history of Tuva
Introduction: Tuva - the natural setting
1. Pastoralism and forms of nomadism
2. Forms of travel and migration
3. Sayan reindeer-herding and the origins of reindeer-herding in Eurasia
4. The agricultural tradition of the nomads
5. Appropriative economic forms among the Tuvinian nomads in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
6. Domestic crafts and exchange in Tuva. The nature and importance of craft technology for the nomads
7. Social relations
Notes
Principal archive sources and museum collections
Bibliography
Index.